. HEADQUARTERS 


DEPARTMENT  NO.  2. 

GLASGOW,     KY.,    September,    14.     186?. 


Kentuckians. — I  have  entered  your 
State  with  the  Confederate  Army  of  the 
West,  and  offer  you  an  opportunity  to 
free  yourselves  from  the  tyranny  of  a 
despotic  ruler./' We  come,  not  as  con* 
quercrs  or  as  despoilers,  hut  to  restore  to 
you  the  liberties  of  which  yon  have  been 
deprived  by  a  cruel  and  relentless  foe. — 
We  come  to  guarantee  to  all  the  sanc- 
tity of  their  homes  and  altars;  to  pun- 
ish with  a  rod  of  iron  the  de-poi!ers  of 
your  peace,  and  to  avenge  the  cowardly 
insults  to  your  women.  With  all  non 
combatants  the  past  shall  he  forgotten] 
I  shall  enforce  a  rigid  discipline  and 
shall  protect  all  in  their  persons  and 
property.  Needful  supplies  most  be 
had  for  my  army,  but  they  shall  be  paid 
ior  at  fair  and  remunerating  prices. 

Believing  that  the  heart  of  Kentucky 
is  With  us  in  our  gieat  stiuggle  for  Con- 
stitutional Freedom,  we  have  transferred 
from  our  own  soil  to  yours,  not  a  band 
of  marauder^,  but  a  powerful  and  well- 
disciplined  army.  Your  gallant  Buck- 
ner  leads  the  van.  Marshall  is  on  the 
right;  while  Breckinridge,  dear  to  us  as 
to  you.  is  advancing  with  Kentucky's 
valiant  sons,  to  receive  the  honor  and 
applause  duo  to  their  heroism.  The 
strong  hands  which  in  part  have  sent 
Shiloii  down  to  History,  and  tho  nerved 
arms  which  have  kept  at  bay  from  our 
own  homos  the   boastful   army  of  the 


enemy,  are  here  to  assist,  to  sustain,  to 
liberate  yon.  Will  you  remain  indiffer- 
ent to  our  call,  or  will  you  not  rather 
vindicate  the  fair  fame  of  your  once  free 
and  envied  State?  We  believe  that 
you  will,  and  that  the  memory  of  your 
gallant  dead  who  fell  at  Shiloh,  their 
aces  turned  homeward,  will  rouse  yoa 
to  a  manly  effort  for  yourselves  and  poa« 
terity. 

Kentuckians  !— We  have  come  with 
joyous  hopes,  let  us  not  depart  in  sor- 
iow,  as  we  shall  if  we  find  you  wedded 
in  your  choice  to  your  present  lot.  If 
you  prefer  Federal  rule,  show  it  by  your 
frowns  and  we  shall  return  whence  we 
came.  If  you  choose  rather  to  come 
within  the  folds  of  our  brotherhood, 
then  cheer  us  with  the  smiles  of  your 
women,  and  lend  your  willing  'lands  to 
secure  you  in  your  heiitageof  liberty. 

Women  of  Kentucky. — Your  perse- 
cutions and  heroic  bearing  have  reached 
our  car.  Banish  henceforth,  forever, 
from  your  minds  the  fear  of  loathsome 
prisons  and  insulting  visitations.  Let 
your  enthusiasm  have  free  rein.  Buckle 
on  the  armor  of  your  kindred. your  bus- 
bands,  sons  and  brothers,  and  scoff  with 
shame  him  who  would  prove  recreant  in 
his  duty  to  you,  his  country,  and  his 
God. 

Braxton  Braoo, 
General  Commanding, 


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